Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ay bewell to digress enough to point out that the measuring ofthe term readily accessible when applied to the servicecutout is somewhat different than when applied to the mainswitch; the purpose of the first being to have as littleunprotected wire within the building as practicable and thatof the second being to cut off the entire current at a placewhich can be quickly and easily reached. One of the principal difficulties met with in meter wir-ing presents itself when wires of different systems arebrought into the same meter-locations, principally
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ay bewell to digress enough to point out that the measuring ofthe term readily accessible when applied to the servicecutout is somewhat different than when applied to the mainswitch; the purpose of the first being to have as littleunprotected wire within the building as practicable and thatof the second being to cut off the entire current at a placewhich can be quickly and easily reached. One of the principal difficulties met with in meter wir-ing presents itself when wires of different systems arebrought into the same meter-locations, principally services. Architects and engineers could modify thistrouble by specifying that, Each feeder circuit which leavesthe meter location must be in a separate metallic armor,nor shall one metallic armor contain branch circuits whichexclusively supply separate apartments or other sections ofa building which are so arranged that the supply may bemeasured by a separate meter. 482 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. XXXII—No. 22. General View of Ben Hur Sign Flasher. A LOS ANGELES ELECTRIC SIGN FLASHER. One of the electric sky sign features at Los Angeles isthat advertising Ben Hur Coffee, and located on the O. Building, corner Fourth and Broadway. The flasher,which is Illustrated herewith, is 7 ft. long by 4 ft. high, andconsists of 208 contacts, making and breaking over 2500 timesper min., and carrying over 750 amp. The sign operated bythis flasher consists of a face 12 ft. high of Mr. Coff. E. Bean,who is holding a cup over his head, the steam rising from thecup forming the words Coff. E. Bean says. The wordingBen Hur, Steel Cut, Coffee is flashed on in three divisions,followed by the word Satisfies, which writes out in scriptand finishes with a big flourish underneath, ending at a bigcoffee pot which is then flashed on. During these operationsthe face is continually changing, having six facial expressions,and a further eight of the eyes. The sign goes dark
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